Post your general LEGO Star Wars questions here

[prateek]

Well excuse Brickdoctor, KielDaMan, myself, and others for knowing a little bit more about Star Wars than the average LEGO Star Wars enthusiast. (Not saying the three mentioned above are the only notable ones, just the ones that seem to post in this thread most often. Plus KielDaMan is a chemistry whiz, I didn't know that!)

And besides I think these 'nerd' questions are a lot more interesting than all the 'which should I get' and 'what is coming out and when' questions that most of the people here are asking. They're less redundant and you can learn new things.

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with having above average knowledge about the Star Wars universe. I'm just pointing something out, that is all.

[Brickdoctor]

How about this one- it's not really related to Lego, unless the answer means all of the pilots we have are wrong. In the X-Wing Squadron and New Jedi Order books, pilots often go "extra-vehicular" when they're hit- but they never seem to be wearing even a mask. Just the helmet with a visor.

Does anyone know how this works? They never seem to be shown with a mask, and I'm not sure how they'd have time to get it on before going "EV."

Churchill

It's a case of the infamously ever-present Lucas-physics. The flight suit itself is pressurized, and there's supposed to be a rebreather the pilot can grab before ejecting. In Star Wars, Lucas-physics dictates that your flight suit doesn't have to be fully enclosed or pressurized for you to survive in space, so long as you have the rebreather.

Some people say that the suits were changed during the novel era to be fully enclosed, but evidently you could survive with the Ep.4-era suits. ("Eject, Porkins, eject!")

On a side note, the helmets worn by A-wing and B-wing pilots are fully enclosed. (green and red suits, respectively)

[BrickArtist]

Which set came first, turbo tank with light up Windu, or with-out light up Windu? i got this set and i was pondering this question all day.

[Brickdoctor]

Which set came first, turbo tank with light up Windu, or with-out light up Windu? i got this set and i was pondering this question all day.

99% sure it was with the LUL.

[Ceroknight]

99% sure it was with the LUL.

yup for sure

[RileyC]

This just popped into my head.

Are there any left handed star wars main characters? Not the actors, but the actual characters.

[Ceroknight]

This just popped into my head.

Are there any left handed star wars main characters? Not the actors, but the actual characters.

none thats popping in my head..

[Fallenangel]

This just popped into my head.

Are there any left handed star wars main characters? Not the actors, but the actual characters.

Imperial stormtroopers. Most of them, anyway.

The clones from the Prequels are also left-handed (which I guess means Jango Fett is left-handed as well).

I have a question that's actually LEGO and Star Wars; why is it that LEGO doesn't make really small Star Wars sets anymore? Not those crappy promo things but legitimate sets like 7128 Speeder Bikes (90 pcs. at $10!!!) or 7106 Droid Escape (44 pcs. and only $6!!!) Yes I know there are the battlepacks but lately it feels as if they're getting skimpier and skimpier while the minifigures get more and more detailed. The AT-ST from the 8038 Battle of Endor would probably have worked well as a stand-alone with the rare AT-ST driver, but no, instead they threw it into a huge playset. The same could be said for the green A-wing in the 7754 Mon Calamari Star Cruiser.

[Ceroknight]

Imperial stormtroopers. Most of them, anyway.

The clones from the Prequels are also left-handed (which I guess means Jango Fett is left-handed as well).

I have a question that's actually LEGO and Star Wars; why is it that LEGO doesn't make really small Star Wars sets anymore? Not those crappy promo things but legitimate sets like 7128 Speeder Bikes (90 pcs. at $10!!!) or 7106 Droid Escape (44 pcs. and only $6!!!) Yes I know there are the battlepacks but lately it feels as if they're getting skimpier and skimpier while the minifigures get more and more detailed. The AT-ST from the 8038 Battle of Endor would probably have worked well as a stand-alone with the rare AT-ST driver, but no, instead they threw it into a huge playset. The same could be said for the green A-wing in the 7754 Mon Calamari Star Cruiser.

probably the majority would have complained like "they should have included an AT-ST in the Endor playset" or they should have had an A-wing in the Star Cruiser playset" and it would have been weird if they released them while included in the playsets. I get what you mean but it seems like lego licensed products' price limit has to be 15 (Cad)..

[Brickdoctor]

This just popped into my head.

Are there any left handed star wars main characters? Not the actors, but the actual characters.

Like fallenangel said, Stormies and clones are left handed, but I think that the Stormies look that way 'cause the shot was mirrored for aesthetic reasons, and the clones followed suit for continuity. Jango is hard to tell with two pistols, but remember, Boba is an unaltered clone who I'm pretty sure is a righty. It'd probably make more sense in-universe to say that Jango was a righty, Boba as an unaltered clone is a righty, and whatever clones are lefties are lefties as a result of genetic modifications. Having lefty soldiers can be useful as long as they're coordinated with the righties; the Roman army would purposely separate the lefties into special legions for those and other purposes.

In addition, all Jedi and Sith were trained to be ambidextrous, although Anakin apparently had a recurring problem of being out of the fight upon losing his right hand. I guess the in-universe answer for that is that he wasn't trained until an older age.

[Fallenangel]

Like fallenangel said, Stormies and clones are left handed, but I think that the Stormies look that way 'cause the shot was mirrored for aesthetic reasons, and the clones followed suit for continuity. Jango is hard to tell with two pistols, but remember, Boba is an unaltered clone who I'm pretty sure is a righty. It'd probably make more sense in-universe to say that Jango was a righty, Boba as an unaltered clone is a righty, and whatever clones are lefties are lefties as a result of genetic modifications. Having lefty soldiers can be useful as long as they're coordinated with the righties; the Roman army would purposely separate the lefties into special legions for those and other purposes.

In addition, all Jedi and Sith were trained to be ambidextrous, although Anakin apparently had a recurring problem of being out of the fight upon losing his right hand. I guess the in-universe answer for that is that he wasn't trained until an older age.

According to this site, the actors had to hold their blasters in their left hands due to its unique design. And as you said, left-handed clones are probably for continuity.

If you ask me AFOLs wouldn't have complained about the Endor bunker set even without the AT-ST since it already had two long-sought after molds, Endor troops and new Ewoks, not to mention a new hairpiece for Leia. The same goes for the Star Cruiser set since it had the long-desired Admiral Ackbar and Mon Mothma minifigures as well as General Madine. And both sets are pretty pricey as it is so I'd rather they had omitted the AT-ST or the A-wing and kept the price closer to reasonable. Besides most AFOLs tend to want minifigures and AFOLs are mostly the only ones who care enough to complain, so...

Edited November 21, 2010 by fallenangel327

[Brickdoctor]

According to this site, the actors had to hold their blasters in their left hands due to its unique design. And as you said, left-handed clones are probably for continuity.

If you ask me AFOLs wouldn't have complained about the Endor bunker set even without the AT-ST since it already had two long-sought after molds, Endor troops and new Ewoks, not to mention a new hairpiece for Leia. The same goes for the Star Cruiser set since it had the long-desired Admiral Ackbar and Mon Mothma minifigures as well as General Madine. And both sets are pretty pricey as it is so I'd rather they had omitted the AT-ST or the A-wing and kept the price closer to reasonable. Besides most AFOLs tend to want minifigures and AFOLs are mostly the only ones who care enough to complain, so...

I didn't know that. Learn something new everyday at big online community like EB.

As has been pointed out earlier in this topic, the hairpiece isn't new; not sure if you meant to say that.

[The Legonater]

Well excuse Brickdoctor, KielDaMan, myself, and others for knowing a little bit more about Star Wars than the average LEGO Star Wars enthusiast. (Not saying the three mentioned above are the only notable ones, just the ones that seem to post in this thread most often. Plus KielDaMan is a chemistry whiz, I didn't know that!)

And besides I think these 'nerd' questions are a lot more interesting than all the 'which should I get' and 'what is coming out and when' questions that most of the people here are asking. They're less redundant and you can learn new things.

Well, I'd be answering a lot more if the was just SW in general- especially in recent years I've been a huge EU nerd.

Edited November 21, 2010 by The Legonater

[Ceroknight]

hello again,

Thanks for answering to my previous question but i should have been more specific, I was asking about one man starships for generic clones/stormtroopers

Im guessing there isn't one

Anyhow new question, kinda off topic, since the clone wars is being the new thing in starwars, im deciding to watch it. I know that master toons is a good site but is it legit? did anyone have any problems with it? Spam emails, viruses etc? do i just have to make an account? Just being cautious

[Brickdoctor]

hello again,

Thanks for answering to my previous question but i should have been more specific, I was asking about one man starships for generic clones/stormtroopers

Im guessing there isn't one

Anyhow new question, kinda off topic, since the clone wars is being the new thing in starwars, im deciding to watch it. I know that master toons is a good site but is it legit? did anyone have any problems with it? Spam emails, viruses etc? do i just have to make an account? Just being cautious

One man starships? You mean like TIEs and V-wings and Eta-2s and V-19s....

[Zzz]

Imperial stormtroopers. Most of them, anyway.

The clones from the Prequels are also left-handed (which I guess means Jango Fett is left-handed as well).

I have a question that's actually LEGO and Star Wars; why is it that LEGO doesn't make really small Star Wars sets anymore? Not those crappy promo things but legitimate sets like 7128 Speeder Bikes (90 pcs. at $10!!!) or 7106 Droid Escape (44 pcs. and only $6!!!) Yes I know there are the battlepacks but lately it feels as if they're getting skimpier and skimpier while the minifigures get more and more detailed. The AT-ST from the 8038 Battle of Endor would probably have worked well as a stand-alone with the rare AT-ST driver, but no, instead they threw it into a huge playset. The same could be said for the green A-wing in the 7754 Mon Calamari Star Cruiser.

The AT-ST is very huge and definitely close to 25€/30$ I would say. I didn't count the pieces but I would suggest it has almost 200.

TLC's marketing department found out there is only demand in the price ranges 15/27/50/100/150€ - for whatever reason. And they follow it almost strictly with a few exceptions here and there. About the small sets (which were 10€ in the EU btw.) - they were replaced by the battle packs, since there was a high demand for those (there was none for the Assassin droids and I doubt there'll be for the Mandos but they didn't ask me, right?) and TLC's product management didn't want to have several small sets out at the same time.

Just my thoughts about it but I guess it went more or less like this. And on a more personal note, I found the Ice Cutter very very cool. Love that thing. Perhaps the first and only vehicle in a battle pack I liked.

EDIT: Came across minifig sw253a today - a Hoth Han with new 2010 faceprint. Anyone knows if this is just a joke or does it really appear in newer 7749 sets?

Edited November 23, 2010 by Zzz

[Masked Builder]

I just got my Late Holiday catalog and it had Limited Quantity stickers by:

10188 Death Star

8096 Emperor Palpatine's Shuttle

8093 Plo Koon's Starfighter

8128 Cad Bane's Speeder

8095 General Grievous Starfighter

8099 Midi-scale Imperial Star Destroyer

I was not surprised by the Death Star but, this summers sets! Anyone know what's up with that?

[Brickdoctor]

I just got my Late Holiday catalog and it had Limited Quantity stickers by:

10188 Death Star

8096 Emperor Palpatine's Shuttle

8093 Plo Koon's Starfighter

8128 Cad Bane's Speeder

8095 General Grievous Starfighter

8099 Midi-scale Imperial Star Destroyer

I was not surprised by the Death Star but, this summers sets! Anyone know what's up with that?

Noticed the same thing when I got mine last week. My best guess is that they are running out of the sets in the first production run, which makes sense for 8096 (lots sold through Costco), and 8095 (top-rated), but not sure about the rest. I'm sure they can't have sold all the stock of 8099.

[Stegoceras]

Today I saw the Echo Base set from 2009, because it had a nice little discount, my small Lego budget at the moment and since I don't have many of the 2009/2010 sets yet, I decide to pick it up.

Besides the set being much better than I had expected from the reviews here, I noticed something; my Han Solo came with white pupils(which looks downright awesome to be honest), though the box/manual and the reviews here all show him without pupils, however the rebels came with the standard face(sadly). Made me wonder when did TLC start using the white pupils? What was the first set they did this on? and are these kind of re-issues (I presume it's a later batch) regular?

Edited November 25, 2010 by Stegoceras

[Ritz Brick]

The S-foils on my ARC-170 have started to sag when they're closed. Anyone know how to fix this?

[Stegoceras]

The S-foils on my ARC-170 have started to sag when they're closed. Anyone know how to fix this?

The only two reasons why I think they could start to sag are either:

1) The connectors are loose or have become less strong, you could see if they are still firmly attached or try and replace them or swap them out with other models.

2) Which seems more logical to me is that the rubber bands have started to wear a bit, perhaps due to having the s-foils opened for a prolonged time. Replacing the rubber bands should solve it then. That might also explain why it only happens when they are closed.

Probably one of those two, I presume it's the newer version, which I don't have so could be wrong about these suggestions, but on my old version the S-foils are still holding up like a charm (I never have the S-foils opened when it's standing/sitting in my collection as to avert unnecessary stress on the rubber bands).

Edited November 25, 2010 by Stegoceras

[Brickdoctor]

Today I saw the Echo Base set from 2009, because it had a nice little discount, my small Lego budget at the moment and since I don't have many of the 2009/2010 sets yet, I decide to pick it up.

Besides the set being much better than I had expected from the reviews here, I noticed something; my Han Solo came with white pupils(which looks downright awesome to be honest), though the box/manual and the reviews here all show him without pupils, however the rebels came with the standard face(sadly). Made me wonder when did TLC start using the white pupils? What was the first set they did this on? and are these kind of re-issues (I presume it's a later batch) regular?

It's a later batch. Mine from a couple months ago has old Han , so I guess they just started a second production run

The S-foils on my ARC-170 have started to sag when they're closed. Anyone know how to fix this?

Sounds like you've kept them open to long, so now the rubber bands are too stretched out to hold the wings together when closed. Replace the rubbers first, and you could also try rebuilding the wing completely (the whole assembly) In case stress has started to bend the wing out of shape.

[Destroydacre]

Noticed the same thing when I got mine last week. My best guess is that they are running out of the sets in the first production run, which makes sense for 8096 (lots sold through Costco), and 8095 (top-rated), but not sure about the rest. I'm sure they can't have sold all the stock of 8099.

Yeah I think what they're saying is, "Get yours for Christmas before we run out, because we won't have any new ones until after New Years."

Edited November 25, 2010 by Destroydacre

[Fallenangel]

Sounds like you've kept them open to long, so now the rubber bands are too stretched out to hold the wings together when closed. Replace the rubbers first, and you could also try rebuilding the wing completely (the whole assembly) In case stress has started to bend the wing out of shape.

Indeed. I used to have my ARC-170 displayed with open S-foils until I discovered one day that half of the pieces on my poor 7259 were cracked! And two of the three rubber bands that the 7259 came with have long since snapped. You have to be a bit careful when trying to preserve LEGO.

[XimenaPaulina]

The S-foils on my ARC-170 have started to sag when they're closed. Anyone know how to fix this?

I've experienced this also with my 8088 ARC-170 and I think it doesn't have anything to do with loose connections or too much stressed pieces. The fact is the triple wings are just plain too long and heavy for a couple of technic pin connectors to hold it straightly. Even when I first built the model, the wings weren't straight and were slightly sagging right away. I believe it can be fixed but you have to really modify the design of the wing support (I haven't tried it yet, since I'm pretty content displaying mine with the S-foils opened).